https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1 Visual Representations of Africa en-us 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC 2024-12-18 12:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941385 I chose the Savanna to represent East Africa because are a tropical grassland with scattered trees, lies south of the steppe and extends east to west across the subregion. ]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941385 kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941386 I chose AIDS to represent East Africa because is a desease caused by HIV has reached epidemic proportions. ]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941386 kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941387 I chose the Sahel to represent the Transition Zone because Africa immediately south of the Sahara is an area of land that transitions between the desert climate of North Africa and the tropical savanna of Equatorial Africa.]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941387 kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941388 I chose the Great Green Wall to represent the Transition Zone because is a large scale operation, backed by the United Nations. ]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941388 kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941389 I chose the Islam Religion to represent the Transition Zone because this area also represents a transition between the Islamic cultures of North Africa and the Christian and animist cultures to the south.]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941389 kimberlymstavinoha https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941390 I chose the Berlin Conference to represent the Transition Zone because was held between 1884 and 1885 to regulate European colonization.]]> 2020-04-05 06:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/492941390 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493631303 I chose Rift Valley to represent East Africa because the formation of the Great Rift Valley began millions of years ago when faults, or breaks in Earth’s crust, where formed by the movement of plates below Earth’s surface.]]> 2020-04-05 19:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493631303 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493632698 I chose Deforestation to represent East Africa because has become has become a major problem in Africa as while, as half of the original tropical forests are now gone.]]> 2020-04-05 19:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493632698 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493634836 I chose Diamonds to represent West Africa because is one of the major resources. ]]> 2020-04-05 19:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493634836 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493640941 I chose Rainforests to represent West Africa because this was covered much of the land here, but they have been drastically reduced as land was cleared for agriculture and logging. ]]> 2020-04-05 19:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493640941 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493642968 I chose Subsistence Farming to represent West Africa because most of the people practice this, where you only grow enough to feed your own family, but commercial farming and mining are also practiced. ]]> 2020-04-05 19:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493642968 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493644714 I chose Fula to represent West Africa because this is one of the language the people speak or share in there.]]> 2020-04-05 19:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493644714 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493648397 I chose The Congo River to represent Equatorial Africa because is the second-longest river in Africa and the fifth-largest in the world.]]> 2020-04-05 19:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493648397 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493652398 I chose Lake Tanganyika to represent Equatorial Africa because is 429 miles long and nearly a mile deep in some places. Fish from the lake are a major source of food, and the lake serves as a means of transportation.]]> 2020-04-05 19:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493652398 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493671450 I chose Plantation to represent Equatorial Africa because Africa village was also disrupted by the replacing of locally centered agriculture with large commercial farms.]]> 2020-04-05 20:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493671450 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493673354 I chose Bantu Language to represent Equatorial Africa because many Equatorial Africans speak this, those languages can be quite different from one another.]]> 2020-04-05 20:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493673354 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493676029 I chose Great Escarpment to represent Southern Africa because most of the land sits at a high altitude. Along the coasts lies the coastal plain, and behind it are high steep cliffs known as the Great Escarpment.]]> 2020-04-05 20:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493676029 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493677030 I chose Mineral wealth to represent Southern Africa because the most important resources is its vast Mineral Wealth.]]> 2020-04-05 20:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493677030 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493678793 I chose Slave Trade to represent Southern Africa because by the mid-1500s, an active slave trade was running throughout Southern Africa. ]]> 2020-04-05 20:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493678793 sofiamorillo1 https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493680141 I chose Farmers to represent Southern Africa because most of the people in Southern Africa are farmers, though mining is also important. Manufacturing is a relatively new industry and is still small.]]> 2020-04-05 20:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiamorillo1/4e5cu0xq3an1/wish/493680141